The beer scoring system

After much discussion at commercial room towers, we've decided to amend the beer scoring system we use.

Currently a beer is awarded points out of 10 in three categories (appearance, aroma & taste) which gives it a final score out of 30.  What we've found is that the system unfairly favours stouts and porters for example, as we think they look the best, and often they top the scoring chart simply by attaining a very high score for appearance.

We've also found that ciders score in the low 20s simply because, and let's be honest, they don't look particularly attractive.  So, to make it a more even playing field we are adopting the star method, and whilst we'll still judge beers and ciders on the 3 most important categories, we will be giving a final star rating out of 5.

Cheers!